GRAVE PROBLEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 December 1925, Page 5

GRAVE PROBLEMS.

AHEAD OF BRITAIN. THE MOSUL DISPUTE. LONDON, Monday. The Observer, declaring that Britain’s choice between Mosul and Turkish goodwill must be approached in the spirit of tile Locarno Pact, and also drawing attention to the Ulster boundary settlement, by which it is proved that consent settles frontiers better than arbitration, urges Britain to begin direct negotiations with Turkey with a view to compromise. If the Mosul dispute is settled by arbitration, there is little prospect of penco with Turkey, India or the Middle East, while the British people would certainly repudiate an extension of the mandate. Moreover, Britain’s relations with Russia and! Turkey constitute the main barrier to European disarmament. Britain alone refrains from llie resumption of relations with Russia. A quiet talk between Sir Austen Chamberlain and M. Chicherin might work wonders. Britain's foreign policy will best achievo Imperial security, if it never makes an enemy when it can keep a friend. It is reported that Sir Austen Chamberlain, through M. Griand’s mediation, will meet M. 'Chicherin at A ienna at Christmas. The Daily News points ont that M. Chicherin recently intimated his desire to seek a rapprochement with Western Europe. He vainly hoped for an invitation to London. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.